EAST CAUCASUS, 18TH CENTURY

Details

A KUBA SHIELD CARPET
EAST CAUCASUS, 18TH CENTURY
Areas of repair, wear, re-weaves and tinting, backed
9ft.5in. x 4ft.8in. (286cm. x 142cm.)

Provenance

American Art Association, New York, 1914, lot 239
Old Deerfield, Massachussets, sold Skinner, Bolton, 14 February 1992, lot 103
Anon sale in these Rooms, 17 October 1996, lot 477.

Literature

Franses, M. and Pinner, R.: "Caucasian Shield Carpets", Hali vol.1, no 1., Spring 1978. pl.17, p.13.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

This carpet is one of a small but well-defined group which was extensively discussed in the first issue of Hali (Pinner, R. and Franses, M.: op. cit., pp.4-22). The present rug is typical of the group of which most examples have either four or three columns of shield motifs. Within the examples with three columns a number share with the present rug a colouring which focuses the eye on the central motif. The closest similarity however is shown by an example sold at Sotheby's, London, October, 1985, lot 646. Both these rugs have not only exactly the same arrangements of motifs, but also identical major and minor borders.

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